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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5.1

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

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VIRGINIA.

WiNDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN HOLDER.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

Application filed November 5, `1920. Serial No. 421,947.

Be it knowntliat we, Fonns'r S. Esnnvv, (rinrsrornnn C. Bru-ice, and CHARLES Esnnw, citizens of the liinted States', residing Huntington, in the vcount;v of Cabell and State of lVest Virginia', have invented certain new and useful vImprovements in VindOw Shades and Curtain Holders, of'i which the following is a sjiecification.

This invention relates to devices for supporting window shades and curtains anl has for its Object' the lprovision of a simple, mexpensive and efiicient device which may be readily applied to windows of any width and which, when applied, will firmly support the window shade and the curtains. Secondary objects of the invention are to provide easily adjusted means for adapting the device to support wide or narrow shades without restricting the user to curtains of a set width; to provide a device in which a broken or damaged partmay be easily removed and a new part substituted therefor, and to provide a construction which will permit the parts to be assembled in lvery compact form and will provide the necessary strength without excessive weight j and, therefore, without causing breaking strain' upon the window frame. further object of the invention is to provide a device which may be readily secured in position upon a window frame without marring any Ot the parts and without the use of nails or similar fastenings.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of O nevform of the combined window shade and curtain holder;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same showing a window frame in section and showing one application of the invention to the Yframe;

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing another method of applying the device to thewindow frame; Y Y

Figa 4 is an enlarged longitudinal section with parts broken away; l

Fig. 5 isian enlarged perspective view particularly showingV the adjusting lever by which the members of the main supporting bar are adjusted and set;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged end view;

Fig. 7 is a. detail rear view of one end of the device;

Fig. 8 is a det-ail side elevation showing another mounting for the principal locking lever;

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. l() is a longitudinal section showing another form of the securing members;

Y Fig. lll. is anend view of the arrangement shown in Fig. 10; f

Fig. l2 is a front elevation of the securing device shown in Figs. 10 and 1l;

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of another form of the shade-supporting bracket;

Fig. 11i is a perspective view of another form' of securing device;

Fig. l5 is a sect-ion on line 15-15 of Fig. 14.

In carrying out our invention, we employ a base or main supporting bar consisting of telescoping members l and Q of sheet metal provided along their'side edges with overhanging flanges 3, the flanges on the member l fitting slidably in the grooves presented by the flanges on the member 2. The member l of this base bar is constructed with a series of Openings l therethrough upon its medial longitudinal line and the member 2 carries a locking dog which is adapted to engage any one of said. openings and thereby lock the members in a set relative position adjusting the bar to the width of the window frame or of the shade which is to be supported. Further adjustments rare permissible as will hereinafter appear. As shown most clearly in Figs. l and 5, the member 2 ofthe telescopic main supporting bar is provided near one end with a cruciform opening 5, the longitudinal branches of which are disposed upon the medial longitudinal line of the member whereby they will register with the openings at in the member l, as clearly shown. he vertically disposedv branches of the opening are formed by striking from the bar tongues 6 which are bent, forwardly', as shown, and form vfulcrum brackets or lugs forthe lockinglever 7. The said lever is constructed with a longitudinal slot 8 in its pivotedor fulcrumed end and at said end the branches of the lever are turned laterally so as to constitute fulcrum pins or trunnions 9 which are, rotatably engaged in openings provided therefor in the tongues 6, as clearly shown. lVithin the recess or slot 8 and eccentricto the fulcrum pins or trunnions 9, we pivotally attach, as shown at 10, a pawl or dog 1l which is provided at its free end ICO with oppositely extending lugs or teeth 12 eitherof Which is adapted to engage one of the openings 4 inthe member 1, as will be readily understood. As indicated by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 5, the dog may be swung about its pivotl 10 so as to pass .through the slot 8 and, consequently, either one or the other of the' teeth 12 WillV beV brought into engagement with one of the openings 4 whereupon the rocking of the lever will ,effect relative longitudinal move- 'mentl of the members 1 and 2, the direction 'of `movement being determined by the position of the dog accordingly as the dog is vdisposed at one or the other side ofthe le- ,tongues 13 may be-struck up from the web of the member 2V and the free end ofthe lever T may be engage-d under lonel or the other ot these tongues after the device has been set so that accidentalzmovement of the lever Y avillbe prevented and collapsing' of the suplongitudinally j' shanks of A y fectually f readily understood.

porting bar thereby avoided. These tongues may., however, -be omitted as the lever is seli locking. f Tosecure thefievice upon a Window frame, ive provide, at each end ofthemain supporting bar, securing hooksV 14 which are carried y a base plate 15 and may be readily adjusted of the main supporting bar. The members 1 and 2 of the main supporting bar as Well-as the base plate 15 may be conveniently formed from sheet metal, the anges 3 being produced by rolling or stamping the blank in an obvious manner. The base plate 15 hasy itsside portions rolled or folded so as to be doubled over upon the main portion of the plate, as shown at 16, and the''ree edges of thev plate arethen turned outwardly to produce overlying flanges 17 which may be pressed about the the securing hooks 14 so as to ef? bind and secure thesame. In the form of the-invention, shown in Figs. 1 to 7, the hooks14 have their shanks 18 disposed parallel Withinthe overlying iian'ges 17 and projected through and beyond the inner ends of said flanges, being brought together at the inner end of the base plate 15 to provide a loop 19, as shown most clearly in Fig. 7, and aKY locking dog 20 is fulcrumed uponl the shoulder or end portion of the loop or bail 19 produced by the inner ends of the Shanks, as shown in Figs. 4 and 7 and as will ,be This locking lever or dog is provided with a tooth 21 disposedat a right angle to its main portion and adaptcdto enter one of the openings 4 in the base member 1 so that when the locking dog is 4be disposedfat the inner VVend oil the device to adjust the seen that we provide very simple andeiiicient i means Wherebythe securing hooks 14 may be adjusted longitudinally vof the main supporting bar and the device adapted for applica- Y tion to window frames of anyrwidth. 1t Will also be readily understood that by releasing the dog 20 the base plate 15 With the hooks carried thereby may be slid out through the ends of the grooves defined by the flanges 3 and thereby separatedfrom the main supporting bar. The securing device may then be reversed end for end and again engaged in said flanges so thatthe hooks Will of the ydevice instead of theouter end as before and thereby adapted to engage the inner edges of a Window frame -instead'o the outerA edges.

In 2, We have shown the4 device adjusted.

frame 22 of Y to be secured upon a Window n considerable Width, Whereas in Fig. 3 We yhave shown it adjusted to vbe applied to a Window: frame 23 which is narrower than used. lThe manipulation hooks to the Width of theframe and to securethem in set positionrelative to the main bar lis exactly the same vWhether the hooks .be disposed as shown in Fig. 2 or as shown in Fig. 3. After the hooks have been adjusted to the Width of framesv generally Window frame, as will be readily understood. i

It Will also be understood, of course, that one of the base plates 15 with the hooks carried thereby Vis mounted on the member 1 of the main bar, While the other plate is mounted upon the .member 2. It V,Will also bereadily noted thatV the outermember 2 or the main bar is provided with a longitudinal series of openings 24 corresponding in all respects Vto the openings 4 inthe inner member 1, but the openings`24 do not extend the full length of the said outer member 2, terminating short of the cruciform opening in which the setting'lever 7 is mounted. The relative lengths'of the members 1 and 2 "will be suii'icient to accommodate'the normal range of standard Widths of Window frames, but if it should be desired toV apply the device to an excessively VWide window, a longer` member 1 may be provided, the length of the member 2 remaining fixed.

Inaddition to the parts previously described, We provide brackets forv supporting the Window frame, thesetting lever 7 is slidablyV vporting bar? openings 26 therein to receive the trunnions of the usual window shade roller in an obvious manner. The arm 25 projects from a base plate or slide 27 provided at its side edges with over-hanging llanges 28 adapte-d to fit upon the upper and lower edges of the respective members of the main sup- A resilient tongue 29 is struck up'. from the base plate 2T and upon the said tongue 'we provide a teat or protuberance 30 adapted to enter one of the openings 4 or 24. as the case may be, and thereby hold the bracket in the position in which it may be set. The` free end of the tongue 29 projects outwardly somewhat :from the base plate 2T, asshown at 31; so that it may be easily inanipulated when necessary. By adjusting the brackets longitudinally of the main supportting bar, the device isadapted to support a window shade roller of any length 'and this,

adjustment is obviously independent ot the adjustment of the securing of the telescopic adjustment of the main bar so that, the apparatus may be easily set to accommodate any given set of circumstances.

In Fig. 3we have shown a portion of the lshade roller at 32, and at 33 we have shown a curtain pole or rod which is supported by having its ends itted in notches or recesses 34 formed in the upper edges of the varms 25. At the extremities of the arms 25, we provide the upstanding pins 35 which are adapted to enter openings provided in a well-known form of curtain rod which is frequently used so that our device may be utilized to support curtain poles or rods of either type.

While the construction' heretofore described answers all the demands of economy and eiiiciency, it may be desirable sometimes to employ the mounting shown in Figs. 8 and 9 for the locking lever. In this arrangement, bearing lugs 40 are formed upon the outer member 41 of the telescoping main bar and in the said lugs are inverted T- shaped openings or slots 42. and setting lever 43 is'provided with an enlarged body 44 at its fulcrum or pivotal end which is preferably circular in cross section.` This body carries a radial tooth or locking lug adapted to engage one of the openings in the inner telescoping member of the main bar and at its ends is provided with trunnions or pivot pins 46 receivable in the slots 42. Then the lever is being swung in order to effect the desired adjustment of the main bar, the pins or trunnions 46 will each engage one end of the head or horizontal branch of a slot 42 and will thereby exert a longitudinal shifting force through the tooth 45 upon the inner member of the telescoping bar so that the desired adjustment will be effected. fter the bar has been adjusted as desired a slight vertical movement of the body 44 will bring th;x

vtermediate its ends with devices 14 and The locking so that-it will be maintained in its set position. Y

In Figs. 10, 11 and 12, we have illustrated a form of securing device different from that previously described. ln the form shown in Figs. 10,11 and 12, we employ a sheet metal blank, substantially as shown in Fig. 12, having an elongated main portion or body 50 provided at one end and inlateral tongues or wings 51 and 52. the wings 51 being retained in the plane of the main portion 50 and provided with a teat or protuberance 53 which, whenl the device is in use, is adapted to engage one of the openings 4 or 24 as the case may be. The wings 52 are bent laterally with respect to the side edges of the main portion 50 so as to be offsetthere'from, as shown at 54,v and they are then turned upwardly and downwardly to lie substantially parallel with the main portion and the wings 51, as shown most clearly in Fig. 11. Beyond the wings 52, the main body 50 is bentlaterally, as shown at 55, and the end of the said portion 55 is then bent rearwardly and tapered, as shown at 56, to provide a hookor tooth adapted to penetrate the wood of the window frame and secure the device in place. It will be readily seen that this construction is very cheap inasmuch as the entire device may be produced in a meta-l stamping machine at a single operation and the cost of production thereby minimized.

By referrin to Fig. 6 particularly it will be noted that t e flanges 3 of the inner member 1 of the telescoping bar provide grooves receiving the edges of the base plate 15, and the flanges 28 of the window shade brackets engage over or around the said llanges 3.

ln Fig. 13 we illustrate another form of bracket for carrying the curtains and shaderoller. In this form of bracket, the base plate is provided at its upper and lower i edges with overhanging anges 61 to slidably engage the main supporting bar and at the inner end of the base plate a shade-roller carrying arm 62 projects forwardly. A resilient tongue 63 extends fromthe inner end of the base plate andis provided with a protuberance to engage one of the openings in the main bar to hold the bracket in a set position. Lugs or supporting tongues 64 are struck out from the base plate to be engaged by and support a well-known form of iiat curtain bar, said lugs having retaining teeth 65 at their upper ends. Alternating with the lugs 64, clasps 66 project from the base plate to secure a popular form of round curtain rod.

ln Figs. 14 and 15 we show another form Y 'ing from Vthe plate otsecuring hook in which the base plate 67 is provided with a slightly oifset extension k68 at one end. The hooks 69 are formed at one end. of a plate Orwhich-isr provided at its opposite end with Vreiex spurs 7l to pass through slots 72 in the Voilset portion ot' the extension 68, a handle or tongue` 73' projectbetween the spurs to vfacilitate the assembling of theparts. tween the hooks 69 a tooth 74 projects rearj p wardlv to engageone ot' the openings in the i tion.

25' ,y tudinal series or" perforatioiis therethrough and the outer member having its pivotal end,

(d hold the hooks in a set posi- In all forms of the invention the device is kvery simple in construction, compact in arrangement and easily adjusted vto support window shadesof any. desired width or to conform to window frames of any desired width.V

' Having thus described the invention, what isy claimed as new is: j

l. In a device itoihtheV purpose set'forth,

"the combination of a base bar consisting of inner and outer members fitted telescopically together, the inner member having a longia longitudinal slot exposing some of the perforations in the inner` member, a lever tulcruined upoii theA outer member at the sides' of the opening therein and having fan vopen-ended slot at and lever and provided at its free end on each side with a lateral tooth to engage a perforation in the inner member of the base bar,

.slidably mounted a; dog pivoted within said slot eccentric to the iulcruin of theV tlie dogl being` reversib Siidabiy silient tongue struck upVV from thebracket having its vfree end projecting forwardly from the bracket side intermediate its ends with a protuberance to engage a perforation in the base bar.

3. The combination of a base bar having a longitudinal series of perforations, a plate having sliding Vengagement with the base bar, a securing hook projecting from one end oi the plate, anda swinging toothcarried at the opposite end of the plate to engage a perforation in the base bar.

' 4. The combination of a base bar having a longitudinal series of perforationga plate in the base bar, a securing hook projecting from said plate and having its shank fixed tothe plate, a shoulder at the inner end of the shank, a lever fulcrumed on said shoulder, extending laterally from fulcrum thereof to engage the lever at the a perforation in tlierbase bar whereby to effect longitudinal f FOREST S. ESKEW;

[ns'j CHRISTOPHER C. BRAGG. [11.5.] [L.s.]

CHARLES E. ESKEW.

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